Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Enhancing Software Testing Efficiency

Software testing
is an important part of the software development life cycle which also acts as
the pillar of success for the software. This makes the enhancement of the
software testing efficacy an important job so that the procedure is always up
to date and you can gain more accurate results to make the software better and
friendlier for the customers.

Set up an Independent Reporting
Structure:Avoid making the testers report to a
group of employees who have to complete their job within a particular deadline.
This often makes them avoid the testers so that they can finish their job
within a particular timeline. Instead it is best if the testers have an
independent body to which they can report directly.

Dedicate Testers to Specific Systems:Specific regions of the software respond best to specified software testing procedures. Similarly some testers are good at automated testing which
requires programming knowledge whereas others are good at manual testing as
they lack the programming knowledge at large. Hence it is best if specific
tests are conducted by specific testers who are a pro at their job. This will
make the testers do the job with dedication yielding accurate results which can
be relied on.

Give them Business Training: Make sure your testers understand the business criteria of your
organization in order to test the software accordingly. Provide them with
enough knowledge about how your business works and what you need to gain out of
the software that is being tested. This will help them to strategise the
testing procedure and emerge with a compact testing procedure for yielding best
possible software.

Test the Old with the New:When you are testing software during the whole software development
life cycle, make sure that you are comparing the test results of the new
software with that of the old ones. This helps in detecting the most lingering
bugs and also helps in determining the advancement done in terms of the
development of software.

Initiate Early Testing of Software: Most of the organizations wait till the software development is
nearing the end to begin testing of the software. This only complicates the
testing and rectification procedure. Efficacy of testing can be enhanced by
introducing the testing process at an early developmental stage helps in
detecting the defects while they haven’t yet piled up and can be resolved
easily.

Choose Testers who are Adaptable:Various software requires various kinds of tests to detect the
bugs. Choosing team members on the software testing team who can adapt to the
changing demands of the testing procedure or environment help in increasing the
efficacy of the testing efficiency. Also your team members should be open to
updating themselves with the developing techniques of tests helps in utilizing
the latest methods.

Diminishing the Difference between
Real and Testing Environment: Make the software
testing environment as the real environment where the customers will be using
the software helps in detection of real time problems and bugs which can be
rectified and thus enhances the testing efficacy.

These are a few
tips which can be reflected on if you want to enhance the testing efficacy of
your software in order to build a better product which will help you earn more
customer satisfaction.